Top Engineering Universities & Colleges in USA

Simmons Hall, built in 2002, is the most expensive hostel of MIT (USA's best engineering college), and well-known for its beautiful and unique aesthetics. Image courtesy: www.instagram.com/shalloran93/

Engineering is the most popular field of study among international students in the US as per the latest Open Doors 2016 report - there were 2,16,932 international students studying in the U.S. in 2015 - 2016, which is a 10.3% increase from the 2014 - 2015 numbers. These increasing numbers are because of the presence of top-notch engineering programs in the US both at undergraduate and graduate levels. In fact, USA has the most number of universities that rank globally for their engineering programs. Here's a look the top engineering graduate schools in the US as per various popular rankings systems like U.S. News Ranking:

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Best 25 engineering colleges in the USA

The majority of the top engineering schools & universities in USA are concentrated in the state of California:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge

With more than 20 research centres in its campus, the MIT's School of Engineering ranks right at the top for most of its engineering programs on offer - aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, computer engineering, materials engineering, nuclear engineering etc. Established in 1861, MIT is the birthplace of world's leading & most innovative engineers.Hamsa Balakrishnan, associate professor at MIT is developing algorithms to reduce airport congestion. She has been working successfully with the FAA & major US airports to shorten delay and reduce the stress taken by ATCs as well & emissions! Image courtesy: www.facebook.com/MITSchoolofengineering

The best part about studying engineering at Stanford is the proximity to Silicon Valley which is teeming with internships & learning opportunities. It's ranked #1 for its mechanical & electrical/ electronics/ communications engineering programs and is equally renowned for its aerospace & computer engineering programs. The search engine, Google was founded by two Computer Science graduates at Stanford!

About Nishatha Abraham Bijeesh

Nishatha has been writing about education in India and abroad for the last 9 years. She has been in the digital marketing industry for 8+ years and specializes in content marketing. Nothing annoys her more than slow wi-fi, incorrect usage of the apostrophe and people mispronouncing her name. She prefers not to talk about herself in the third person, but reluctantly, had to do so here!

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